Lust in the Dust

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox film Lust in the Dust is a 1985 American Western comedy film directed by Paul Bartel, written by Philip John Taylor, and starring: Tab Hunter, Divine, Lainie Kazan and Cesar Romero.

Plot

Dance-hall girl Rosie Velez, lost in the desert, is helped to safety by gunman Abel Wood. In the town of Chili Verde, at the saloon of Marguerita Ventura, word of a treasure in gold brings Abel into conflict with outlaw Hard Case Williams and his gang.

Cast

• Tab Hunter as Abel Wood
• Divine as Rosie Velez
• Lainie Kazan as Marguerita Ventura
• Cesar Romero as Father Garcia
• Geoffrey Lewis as Hardcase Williams
• Henry Silva as Bernardo
• Courtney Gains as Richard "Red Dick" Barker
• Gina Gallego as Ninfa
• Nedra Volz as Ed "Big Ed"
• Woody Strode as Blackman
• Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Mexican

Production

The title was taken from the nickname given to King Vidor's 1946 film Duel in the Sun.<ref>The Western will never bite the dust Scott, Jay. The Globe and Mail; Toronto, Ont. [Toronto, Ont]July 7, 1979: P.29.</ref> John Waters was asked to direct, but refused because he did not write the script.<ref name="swampflix" /> Edith Massey was cast as Big Ed, but died shortly after her screen test.<ref name="swampflix">Lust in the Dust (1985), swampflix.com, February 13, 2018</ref> Paul Bartel was uneasy about casting her because he thought it would look too much like a John Waters film without John Waters.

The role of Marguerita Ventura was originally set for Chita Rivera.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Principal photography took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<ref>Latin from Manhattan danced to Hollywood Thomas, Bob. The Globe and Mail June 22, 1984: E.4.</ref> In the original script, Rosie Velez (Divine) was supposed to die but the filmmakers changed their mind during filming.<ref name="lust" />

Reception

Variety described the film as "a saucy, irreverent, quite funny send-up of the Western" and said that it "takes some of the old-time conventions – the silent stranger, the saloon singer with a past, the motley crew of crazed gunslingers, the missing stash of gold – and stands them on their head with outrageous comedy and imaginative casting."<ref name="V">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kenneth Turan of California called it "raunchy but irresistible,"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> while Stephen Schaefer of US said "Lust in the Dust is a wicked must" and described it as "a happy hoot", concluding that it "knows how to mine the gold quickly and leave 'em laughing."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> George Williams of The Sacramento Bee described the film as "an irresistibly funny spoof on those Clint Eastwood-Sergio Leone movies called Spaghetti Westerns" and stated that the actors "all give us the feeling they're having a lot of fun — and we can't help but join in." Most of the mirth comes from the situations and the characterizations."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle called the film "a gun totin' rootin-tootin' New Mexico-style cowboy yarn loaded with surprisingly good performances" and praised Lainie Kazan's acting in particular.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times said that the film's satire was "limp", and that it resorted to "dumb, sniggering sexual innuendo,"<ref name="LAT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Vincent Canby of The New York Times described the film's jokes as "witless and private".<ref name="TNYT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Critic Rex Reed opined that the film "produces the kind of green reaction you get from eating a rancid burrito." Addressing Canby and Reed's reviews, Peter Travers of People said: "Well, what did they expect from a whacked-out Western parody starring has-been '50s hunk Tab Hunter and 300-pound <ref>136 kg</ref> female impersonator Divine—High Noon?" and that the film delivers "tacky, hit-and-miss hilarity" with moments that offer "more laughs than a barrel full of teenage sex comedies." He praised the performances and concluded that "those in search of a smattering of cheap laughs will find Lust in the Dust the perfect oasis."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Divine was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor at the 6th Golden Raspberry Awards.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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